Crowd-based footage of the Men’s Basketball final at the 1989 World Games for the Deaf in Christchurch, which USA won 127-56. This footage includes the warm up, edited highlights of the match, medal ceremony, team photos, and post-match socialising. Sweden took the Bronze medal in this competition.
Christchurch WGD Men’s Basketball Final
1989 •
- Deaf Sports
Crowd based footage of the Men’s Basketball final at the 1989 World Games for the Deaf in Christchurch, which USA won 127-56. This footage includes the warm up, edited highlights of the match, medal ceremony, team photos, and post-match socialising.
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Taonga source:
Rodney Roberts
Original format:
VHS
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, RR23-02-SPO89
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This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
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This item has been compressed and/or edited.
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